Chapter 4: Five Orphans and a Bachelor Father

As Bai Haogang sat down, Ermei Yang Liu spoke up: "Dad, are you going back to the power plant? I heard they want to hire you over there, offering you a Level 8 salary. With a Level 8 position, the housing allocation should be better, right?"

A few months ago, the deputy factory director was caught for embezzlement, and the accountant and workshop director have fled and have not yet been apprehended

Brother, we can add two new quilts at home. Siya has grown taller again, and it is really uncomfortable to squeeze into one quilt with me. Moreover, the old quilt is a bit short; I can't even cover my feet with it.

Having started as an apprentice in the power plant, he was transferred after the old factory director here raised his salary by two levels

Bai Hao suddenly laughed, leaving Zhang Jianguo somewhat confused and puzzled

Money is not difficult to earn

The taste of memories, let me have one

Seeing Bai Hao in a daze, Zhang Jianguo pushed Bai Hao into the room: "Really, Dad is quite happy, happy that you have grown up"

Bai Hao turned his head and said: "Dad"

Zhang Jianguo sighed, silently lit a cigarette, and walked outside, sitting on the stone platform at the door, smoking without saying a word

With a mouthful of spiciness, Bai Hao cursed under his breath: "It's really damn hard to draw."

Especially the third and fourth children, as well as the fifth, their parents might one day come back to look for them. Staying at their original residence would allow them to be found in case someone is searching for them.

This family allowed Bai Hao to experience poverty, to feel familial affection, and it is also this family that strengthened his character

Zhang Jianguo lightly slapped Bai Hao on the back of the head and scolded, "All you know how to do is brag"

flock of sheep

"Hmm." Zhang Jianguo responded.

However, it is necessary to earn money in a legitimate manner, so that the adoptive father, Zhang Jianguo, believes that the source of this money is proper. This requires serious contemplation.

Then there is the bread

He cannot walk

Moreover, he is the only one in the entire factory who is above the fourth-level worker. Without him, it is hard to imagine how this already challenging factory would cope.

He is confident in himself after being reborn

Moreover, the factory here provides him with a position as a worker substitute. Given his age, receiving a Level 7 worker's salary is already exceptional, and he also receives a leadership allowance, which has allowed him to serve as the acting director of the workshop

Bai Hao said: "Dad, it's not a big deal even if it's 700 yuan; even if it's 7,000 yuan, it's still not an issue. If it were 70,000 yuan, I would probably find it quite difficult."

The repair shop where Zhang Jianguo works specializes in producing parts for the maintenance of machinery for surrounding factories. The entire factory has only a few dozen employees and consists of a single workshop

Along with his five siblings, all of whom were adopted, Bai Hao's memories reveal that each of them has a different background and their own share of suffering. The youngest, the fifth, was found abandoned; a few years ago, the third and fourth were brought back from a university restroom while accompanying their second sister on a campus tour. Their adoptive father decided to keep them, believing that raising four or five children was essentially the same.

Cabbage, radish, and some vermicelli cooked together in a pot constitute the dish, while the side dish is corn porridge

He still harbors expectations, as well as concerns, and a sense of gratitude.

Bai Hao walked around the house inside and out, then opened the wardrobe for a glance. Indeed, it was still the same home from his childhood memories.

En. Bai Hao was so excited that he wanted to say something but was pushed into the room by Zhang Jianguo

This is dinner

"Hmm, hmm." Bai Hao merely responded, echoing Yang Liu's words.

Bai Hao walked outside and glanced at the cigarette his father had placed on the windowsill

After Bai Hao stopped eating after a few bites, Zhang Jianguo finally entered the room, took out a dark lump from the cupboard, broke it into pieces, and threw it into the basin, then sat down beside it and devoured the remaining rice.

Bai Haoxin said that he had truly forgotten this period of his life, during which his family lived in hardship and poverty. They struggled in such circumstances for many years, and it was not until three years after Yangliu University graduation that their situation finally improved

The house is very dilapidated, yet it is still a home

Another mouthful of spiciness entered his mouth, as Bai Hao sat on the stone platform where his adoptive father, Zhang Jianguo, had just been seated, contemplating his future

Zhang Jianguo has finished his meal, holding a basin filled with bowls, preparing to go to the sink to wash the dishes. In this type of row house, there is generally no sink in each home; about twenty households share one sink and a communal latrine.

Before his rebirth, he understood that although he lived in poverty, he consistently taught the five adopted children to conduct themselves properly and stand upright. Zhang Jianguo was afraid that Bai Hao would do something bad for seven hundred yuan, so he struck Bai Hao with a belt several times

Bai Hao has never considered his adoptive father, who is seen by others as a poor worker and lacking in eloquence, to be inferior in any way. He always faces the various difficulties in life with calmness.

Bai Hao understands the heart of his adoptive father

Seeing Bai Hao sitting at the door, lost in thought with a cigarette in hand, Zhang Jianguo also sat down beside him and comforted him, saying: "Don't panic, I will find a way for that 700 yuan. You go and bring the television back, see if it can be repaired. If it can be fixed, it should be worth a few hundred yuan. If there's still a shortfall of one or two hundred, it won't be difficult to handle."

Bai Hao said, "Dad, I will handle my own matters, you need not worry about it." As soon as Bai Hao finished speaking, the belt came down, and Zhang Jianguo struck Bai Hao several times without hesitation, then lowered his voice to reprimand him: "What can you do? Do not engage in disgraceful activities. Do not make a sound, wash your hands, and eat."

Indoors, Second Sister Yang Liu was enthusiastically planning how to use the first month's salary of Elder Brother Bai Hao after he officially started working.

After picking up Bai Hao and then Yang Liu that year, I became poor

However, Bai Hao does not regret the matter of carrying those seven hundred yuan under the overpass.

Bai Hao, having been slapped, continued to smile, saying while laughing: "I have figured out how to earn this seven hundred yuan, and I will earn it in an upright and honorable manner"

The former factory director, whose high blood pressure led to heart disease, was hospitalized and entrusted the factory to Zhang Jianguo from his hospital bed

At this moment, facing the monthly salary recruitment of up to 109 yuan from the industrial and electrical sector, it would be false to say that Zhang Jianguo is not tempted; however, he puts aside this repair factory and even more so the gratitude he owes to the aging factory director

Zhang Jianguo stood alone outside, lost in thought

Having finished speaking, Zhang Jianguo threw the belt to Bai Hao

On the table were simple and plain dishes, yet the four little ones ate heartily. Bai Hao merely took a few bites before stopping, as years of indulgent living made it difficult for him to adapt to such a diet in a short time. Even though he had been reborn, his tongue remained as sensitive as it had been in his previous life.

There are five of us in the family. Although I am the eldest, I am only a few months older than my second sister, who is seventeen and currently in high school. The third and fourth siblings are still in elementary school, and the youngest is in preschool

Bai Hao truly did not take the seven hundred yuan to heart

This is a man who has adopted five orphans and single-handedly supports a family

En!" Zhang Jianguo pondered for a moment: "You speak, I will listen." As he spoke, Zhang Jianguo placed the basin he had been holding onto the ground, took a cigarette from the pack, lit it, leaned back against the wall, and closed his eyes, waiting for Bai Hao to elaborate on his money-making plan.

The adoptive father, Zhang Jianguo, is a bachelor

Xiao Si Lu Ming also asked anxiously: "I heard that they distribute meat during the New Year over there"

"Time to eat," Zhang Jianguo called out, and the four little ones who were doing their homework quickly tidied up the table

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